The co-workplace [electronic resource] : teleworking in the neighbourhood / Laura C. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Laura Climenko.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Offices.

Telecommuting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thanks to telecommunications breakthroughs, almost half of all jobs in North America and Europe could today be performed away from a traditional office. Millions of office workers are already working from home, and while some appreciate the flexibility of home-based telework, others find that they are bound to their employers by an "electronic leash." This book explores the "co-workplace" - a new type of neighbourhood-based facility offering the benefits of remote work while maintaining boundaries between workplace and home. Borrowing from the experience of cooperative artists' studios, business incubators, and the corner copy shop, the new co-workplace would be planned by the people who would really use it. It would be close to home with access to such amenities as meeting rooms, childcare, food services, and recreation facilities. It would combine the infrastructure of a good corporate office with the healthy convenience of walking to work. In The Co-workplace, Johnson draws lessons from spaces used collaboratively by software developers, artists, lawyers, and other professionals. This book explains why office infrastructure can be important for productivity as well as the quality of work life. While the work process benefits from peace, quiet, and protection from interruption, creativity and innovation thrive amid opportunities for social interaction and synergy. The Co-workplace tackles one of the central policy and planning issues of our time and, as such, will be vital reading for those in urban planning, communications, work & leisure studies, and women's studies.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Preface

Putting Work in Its Place

Situating Homework in Time and Space

If You Worked Here You'd Be Home by Now: Pros and Cons of Home-Based Telework

Are We There Yet? The Telework Centre Office

Your Mother Doesn't Work Here: Learning from Existing Models of Co-Workplaces

Where Can I Sign Up? The Demand for Co-Workplaces

Planning the Co-Workplace: Six Scenarios

Humanizing Home-Based Work with the Co-Workplace

Research Methods

Research Instruments

References

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-136) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-12987-6

9786613129871

0-7748-5043-4

OCLC:

70773512